New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-11
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A LADS LOVE. BY ARio BATES 12mo' pp Zsl. BOZ
ton Roberts Brothers
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cett Company.
Mr.. Arlo Bates has written pleasant. natural
storv of love at q summer resort, choosing for tho
flavor of the composition the unhackneyed theme
of q boys fancy for an older woman. The heroine
Ia q charming widow. the hero IS an honest, Iowa
be impulsve lad, Just out of college. full OF ar
dent aspirations, innocent and fresh-hearted per-
hsps beyond the low average of an early corrupted
ported. There are plenty Of boys and girls ana
matrons of the regular summer resort variety OF
varieties and they 90 about and jest and make
merry In manner which. while it Is 80 interesting
rs to natural, owes to the authors cleverness
lightness and brightness not at all easily recog
nizable as in the ordinary at such places and
IN such company. There is funny boy who really
Is funny occasionally, and bitter-toDgued matron
whom everybody has encountered. There are pic
mics aud sailing parties and all the orthodox Access
series. and through everything runs the tangieo
thread OF the lads infelicitous ove-making' Out Oh
the scrape into which he has plunged 80 tenpestu-
ousIy he is dragged by others much against MS
will But he RECEIVERS. transfers bis happily elastic
affections to the daughter OF the charming widow'
and before the people all leave the summer re-
soft events point plainly to wedding In the near
future 1t Is all airy without the least tragic ee-
meut. redolent of youth and summer and the free
air and the sounding sea- breezy. cheerful little
novel. IN short.
The autLor of "Inquirendo Island has tried bis
hand again at the most difficult of all forms OF hc-
tion and with measure of success which certainly
indicates special aptitude IN him. "Bellonas
Husband" is an account the surprising ad ventures
of certain mortas who discovered o means OF trav-
cling through space and thereby conveyed them
selves to the planet Mars 1t must be said that
there is q decided fcebleness Of invention in the
inscription to the Mars people Of the English Ian
guagc especially as this astounding circumstance
is not explained in any way. The difference be-
tween Martial life aud our own. however, Is great
TIE conditions of existence are In fact reversed
everybody there being born old and growing
younger as they proceed until the cradle and the
tomb are almost convertible terms OF course, this
is difficult conception to work out, and the au-
thors method ia free from the defect OF clumsi
ness. The idea of lovely girl tBellona' owning to
an antiquity of eighty years and of people being as
IL were born into established positions professions
etc. ia odd enough to render the conceit amusing
There is some mild satire, but Hudor Genone does
NOT emulate the Dean of ST. Patrick, and Is appar-
emily content at least in this volume, to amuse IL
is true that one or two rather dreary and inoppor-
tune didactc efforts appear. but they do not ser-
ously interfere with the readers enjoyment of the
story which is novel and ingenious enough to de-
serve considerable praise and confident recon-
mendation to the general reader.